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USED Black Warrior

Dredge/Snagboat:
  • Built in 1891 as a wood hull Packet Steamer at Mobile, AL
  • Launched in 1891, date unknown
  • Converted to a Dredge/Snapboat, date uknown
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Black Warrior, date unknown
  • Assigned to US Army Engineers District, unknown
  • USEE Black Warrior worked on the Tombigbeeand the Pearl River
  • Retired from Army service in 1915
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200t.
    Length 152.0'
    Beam 32.0'
    Draft 4.0'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Speed unknown
    Crew 15
    Crane unknown
    Spuds unknown
    Propulsion steam
    Sternwheel
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    Black Warrior
    303208001    		 123k USED Snagboat Black Warrior clearing debris with crew on deck, 1908, probably on the Pearl River.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison Historical Steamboat Photograph Collection    		 John Spivey
    Black Warrior
    303208003    		 288k USED Snagboat Black Warrior clearing debris with crew on deck, 1908, on the Pearl River.
    Photo from www.facebook.com by Pearl Riverkeeper    		 John Spivey
    Black Warrior
    303208002    		 52k USED Snagboat Black Warrior clearing debris reopening the Pearl River in 1908.
    Data from facebook.com by Sherron R. Bailey    		 John Spivey
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